Create Like a Child

Have you ever watched a child at play? Whether its playing with an imaginary friend, with toys or other children, a child is in a world of make believe.

When we grow up however, we’re socialised into only seeing and believing what is there in front of us, what is in front of our own eyes.

But is that true of a child? And why would creating like a child be valuable in getting the life you want?

You see, the child’s world is one purely of imagination. When a child is at play, he or she acts exactly as they would do in real life.

Think of girls playing at a tea party, pouring imaginary tea for their toys out of an empty plastic teapot, or boys running around shooting each other with imaginary weapons.

The reason we should create like children is because, in the child’s moment of play, there are no limitations.

The child doesn’t stop play when the teddy doesn’t respond to her question, she simply carries on as if the teddy was having a real conversation with her.

And acting ‘as if’, is, as you know, one of the most important things we can do- to not only steer us in the right direction, but also to provide us with better feelings and associations to the intended outcome.

Unfortunately, this is not as easy as it sounds. We are so used to the phrase ‘seeing is believing’, that it seems difficult to imagine something that isn’t there.

Now I’m not suggesting that you walk around in a dissociated, make believe fantasy world- quite the opposite. Its about holding your attention and awareness towards the things you do want.

So if you’d like a new kitchen perhaps, rather than focusing on your current one, you focus on the one you’d like to have, and perhaps visualise it in your mind whenever you are in that kitchen.

This isn’t such a crazy process to do- we do it all the time. Think about a time at work maybe, when you may have wanted a promotion or some other higher level job.

What did you do? Well, I’m guessing you imagined seeing yourself in the job, how you would act and react to situations, and playacted that role in your mind.

The difference with children is that they physically act out their play rather than purely imagining the scene.

Another difference between children and adults is that children don’t have limitations.

They don’t think ‘do these teddies really want to be here?’ or ‘is that dinner I cooked for them good enough?’ or ‘I wish I had a better gun to fight with’

That sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?

Children just focus- in the moment, to whatever they are imagining, and to the exclusion of everything else.

Of course, its easier for children to do this as their conscious mind has not fully emerged yet, and they are largely influenced by their unconscious mind.

But what if we could get the conscious and unconscious mind working together, working in harmony?

You know consciously what you want, even perhaps an idea of how you will achieve it, but perhaps lack the belief that it can and will happen.

Sound familiar?

So what I’d like you to do is to begin to see the world in a childlike way. In such a way that you see the world with possibility, choice, potential, and even awe.

Next, I’d like you to imagine things in your experience that you would like to be there.

Like what?

Well, for example, if you desperately wanted to find your soulmate, to be married and find a life partner, imagine that ring on your bare finger.

Think about what it would look like.

Remember, we don’t need to go through the physical action of putting an imaginary ring on- because the unconscious mind does not know the difference between reality and an imagined picture.

It may seem hard to do at first, but once you do it a few times you will get into the habit of it. We can even use our bodies to put us into the physiological state of success.

Think about what the ideal you looks like- the you that has all the things you want.

What will you be wearing?

What’s your posture like?

How will you walk and talk?

What will you be saying to yourself?

Think about yourself as an incredibly wealthy person. And by wealth, I mean prosperity in all areas- so health, relationships, family, finance.

Here’s where you can test this out for yourself.

Just for today, or tomorrow if you are reading this at night, I want you to have the physiology of an incredibly successful person- the you that you would be if those things were in your life. The you that you would be if you were free of limitations and had the absolute core belief in the value of you as a human being.

24 hours- that’s all. And I can guarantee you will notice a complete difference- not just in how you feel, but how others will react to you.

Napolean Bonaparte, was, as you may know, a fairly short man. Many ridiculed him, and said ‘you’ll never be a leader’. But Napolean acted as if he was, every single day- a leader, in his body language, his tone, his pitch, his posture. And of course it led him to his goal.

We all engage in roleplay, just like children. We can choose certain roles for ourselves and how we are going to behave in certain situations.

Decide to be an actor- act ‘as if’.

By Kerry Needs, founder of Whole Science for more chapters, visit http://www.wholescience.net